Mills said county workers trap mosquitoes at least three days per week, based on complaints. One effective trap uses larvae to bait female mosquitoes into a container. Employees then test the insects for disease.

"I think the test would show positive for one mosquito," Mills said. "But there could have been several mosquitoes in there."

Mills said the Huntington area could see more mosquitos than usual this year; heavy rains and clogged storm drains left pools of standing water across the region earlier this week.

He recommends people use bug repellant and stay indoors during dawn and dusk, which is prime time for mosquitos to emerge.

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ORIGINAL:

A mosquito tested positive for the West Nile virus in Barboursville, according to Stan Mills, the environmental health director with the Cabell-Huntington Health Department.

Mills said the case was detected near a lake at Barboursville Park and it's possible the virus will spread to other insects by the end of the summer.